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Check out temu, I just picked up this bad boy for £22.96 I've been waiting for the right deal on this for ages and they knocked off £11 for me. And it's got lid ice packs.

Excuse my ignorance but. What is that???

Wow😍 😍😍😍 that is next level, congrats Mr Guns that is a mega stunning beauty. Well done Yonny for making it happen too it would have been criminal not to share this one 😏 good luck for the rest of the trip 👍

You can always tell when someone is lying, proving it can be tougher, surely they walk each lake once a day? Would be it be too hard to print out all the bookings on the complex and check them daily?

Good luck matey, hope it's a memorable one.

Kind of like a Chelsea smile???? It's why I stopped using uncoated braid, it happened to me. Now I've got the double beep shock rig I can use any rig I want with a mesh bag, usually a spinner tbh 😉if it ain't broke and all that.

I can't help thinking supple uncoated braid causes damage, especially if you have a big lead swinging about 4 inches from the fishes face, but yeah most fish on my syndicate with mouth damage came from when the lake used to be a match lake, we are now trying to catch them ones and retire them to another pond.

Yeah I dont doubt it won't be perfect, just really an experiment to see whether a £20 reel will be up to the job, if its OK I will use it, if it annoys me I haven't really lost much and will swap back to the aerlex or buy an okuma or something.

Aerlex isn't all that tbh, I've never really felt it was a great reel it does the job now I've taken the S clip out of the bail arm but it's not brilliant, at the moment this 20 quid reel feels smoother,and nicer, whether it will stay that way remains to be seen. My okuma 8ks are miles ahead of the aerlex . They have brought out a new aerlex and it looks exactly like all the other shimano reels. And is now £120 looks like they have rebadged the speed master.

I think it will bed down a bit tbh after a couple of casts, it went on quite loose, but I might have done a few extra turns than I should I do agree 😂

This is my £20 Rooblinos ngk 8000 that I bought off temu, I've spooled it up with 35lb angryfish purple braid with Gardner shock leader and I will be putting it through its paces sometime to see how it handles the business of spodding, it has some plasticky bits but feels pretty smooth and the line lay doesn't seem bad, it's slow oscillating and a nice long spool, it has sealed bearings and carbon drag washers + a 20kg drag but will it be true to it's spiel and be Elmo proof or will I need to switch back to the battered old Aerlex after it explodes. Only time will tell..........

I have one true green and 2 clear with green wheels, true green is better, but initially got a really good deal on clear before I broke one falling over 😂

Well that contradicted me then 🤣 What colour are yours B B?

I think the only difference is the LED, but not too sure for definate, you could email Gardner if you want to know for sure, I've only had the underlit so I think it's preference, I would definately advise on the deluxe receiver though, Sometimes the underlit can be hard to see in the daylight if you just get a single beep(good at night though) , and the single led to the side might actually be more visible in that situation but I tend to look at the receiver if I can't tell.

Much less ploppy than a spomb really weren't they,certainly could be more stealthy, I have used one from time to time I got a sky raider a couple of years ago, it never took much to get the contents stuck in them though, well all the spod spill would come out obvs 😂

Good idea, I've been toying with the idea of zigs and floaters this year and not dropping a spomb right on their head seems a good idea 😉

Have both tbh, the biggun is best for boilies but they will both get some bait on the spot, remember you need to set your clip between 2-3 wraps shorter(depends how you hit the clip etc but it's great for making a spread, and cast it like you would your normal spod.

Phew, I wouldnt recommend paying 20 for one 😱

You did buy two didn't you?

I got some new Korum digital scales for my birthday to save some space and weight saved in my rucksack. My old scale kit weighed 2lb9oz, not sure what the new ones weigh but I should think I've reduced by 2lb, Over the coming weeks I will be continuing to carry less toot with me.

If that happens I can take the hit at a tenner, that's if they last a month 😂 I will have to wear sunglasses to wear them 😎

Whoops double post carp.Com might not be ready for two water shoe pics 😂

Carpy as flip 😂

are the easy to get in, I bought some water shoes off temu after our discussion about emergency wading 😂

Rod Hutchinson does some big corn pots.